Nuzzio Begaren v. Secretary of Corrections

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 6 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NUZZIO BEGAREN, No. 20-55949

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 8:17-cv-02178-DMG-SHK v.

SECRETARY OF CORRECTIONS, MEMORANDUM*

(CDCR),

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dolly M. Gee, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 15, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: SMITH,** BADE, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Nuzzio Begaren was convicted in California state court of

conspiracy to commit murder and the first-degree murder of his wife, Elizabeth

Begaren. Petitioner unsuccessfully pursued direct and collateral relief in the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable D. Brooks Smith, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation. California courts. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, he filed a…